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Report Roundup from December 2005 – January 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

A Heckuva Job

A Heckuva Job The Bush administration fiasco that unfolded along the Gulf Coast last month painfully brought to public attention the truth...

News

Report Roundup from October 2005

Education2005 ACT ScoresAmerican College Testing Program Hundreds of thousands of 2005 high school graduates will begin college or work academically unprepared and...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Fighting Gangs: What Doesn’t Work

Getting kids to avoid or withdraw from gangs is among the most difficult tasks in youth work, and a fresh set of...

Research

Research of Note for September 2005

Old Myth: The Rise in Girls’ Violence An Assessment of Recent Trends in Girls’ Violence Using Diverse Longitudinal Sources: Is the Gender...

News

Report Roundup of July – August 2005

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Research

Research of Note of July 2005

Firearm Violence Exposure and Serious Violent Behavior University of Michigan/Science magazineAbstract available free at www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/308/5726/1239a, or contact American Association for the Advancement...

Research

Research of Note from June 2005

Violence Among Rural Youth Violence and Rural Teens: Teen Violence, Drug Use, and School-Based Prevention Services in Rural AmericaRural Health Research Center,...

Washington’s Mixed Gang Signals

While first lady Laura Bush travels the country to laud programs aimed at preventing youth from joining gangs, President Bush is supporting...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Poop n’ Scoop

The abysmal state of knowledge development and its dissemination in youth work is captured by two items among the avalanche of newsletters,...

News

Report Roundup for February 2005

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Research

Research of Note for December 2004-January 2005

Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement Available free at http://consensus.nih.gov/ta/023/023youthviolenceHTMLstatement.htm. “Scare tactics”...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

News Briefs for May 2004

Youth Suicides Often Exceed Murders In most states, youth are more likely to die from suicide than murder, according to a new...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for May 2004

Education Smithsonian for Kidswww.smithsonian.kids.usThe Smithsonian’s online museum for adolescents is excellent in its simplicity. The site features three exhibits at a...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for April 2004

Child Welfare The Adoption History Projecthttp://www.uoregon.edu/%7EadoptionThis digital history resource profiles the people, organizations and writings that have shaped adoption in the...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for March 2004

Activism Making Children A National Priority: A Framework for Community Action, by Linda Morgan and Teri Martin, provides youth workers with a...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for December 2003 – January 2004

Addiction Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions, by A. Thomas Horvath, is a guide to acknowledging addictions large...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for December 2003-January 2004

Arts Americans for the Artswww.americansforthearts.orgis a resource from the D.C.- and New York-based organization dedicated to promoting more art education in...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for November 2003

African-American Friendship, Cliques, and Gangs: Young Black Men Coming of Age in Urban America, by Greg Dimitriadis, revolves around a qualitative and...

News